2026 Wuhan Open – Draw and Format

The professional snooker players have now a few days off, but only a few… indeed the 2026 Wuhan Οpen is already upon us as it starts next Sunday.

Here is the information shared by WST:

Wuhan Open

The Wuhan Open in China runs from August 23-29. All matches up to and including the quarter-finals are best of nine frames, the semi-finals are best of 11 frames and the final is best of 19 frames. All times BST.

Sunday 23 August 

Round 1 (Held Over)

02:30
Hammad Miah v Wildcard #1
Gao Yang v Wildcard #2
Ben Mertens v Wildcard #3
Jiang Jun v Wildcard #4

Round 2 (Held Over)

07:00
Chris Wakelin v Jordan Brown
Xiao Guodong v Wang Xinbo
Mark Williams v Robbie Williams

12:30
John Higgins v Liu Hongyu
Ding Junhui v Liam Davies
Judd Trump v Florian Nuessle

Monday 24 August

02:30
Si Jiahui v Jiang / wildcard
Neil Robertson v Mertens / wildcard
Barry Hawkins v Miah / wildcard
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Ashley Carty

07:00
Mark Selby v Fan Zhengyi
Shaun Murphy v Alfie Burden
Wu Yize v Artemijs Zizins
Zhao Xintong v Gao / wildcard

12:30
4 x Round 3 matches

Tuesday 25 August

02:30
4 x Round 3 matches

07:00
4 x Round 3 matches

12:30
4 x Round 3 matches

Wednesday 26 August

07:00
4 x Last 16 matches

12:30
4 x Last 16 matches

Thursday 27 August

07:00
2 x Quarter-final matches

12:30
2 x Quarter-final matches

Friday 28 August

07:00
Semi-final

12:30
Semi-final

Saturday 29 August

07:00
Final

12:30
Final

2 thoughts on “2026 Wuhan Open – Draw and Format

  1. Wow. I have never seen Ronnie playing the in the morning session in China. Is this some kind of a “downgrade”?

  2. Ronnie’s draw is not pleasant. Possible L16 match again Wu Yize, QF against Selby/Murphy, and SF against Higgins/Kyren/Judd.

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